Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 309, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 December 1914 — FIND COMFORT IN TRENCHES [ARTICLE]

FIND COMFORT IN TRENCHES

Allies' Troop* Are Well Sheltered From Inclemencies of the Weather. London.—A dispatch from West Flanders to the Times says: “The British, French and Belgian soldiers in the trenches are not at all, unhappy. The trenches on the «Yser %re as comfortable and well sheltered as material, industry and decided constructive ingenuity can make -them. “The men for the most, part are Hw Ing below the surface of the ground and have so banked themselves about that wihd, rain or sleet has no great terrors for them. Some of them have been fortunate enough to obtain.oil . stoves. In such cases the mud walled compartments in which they live are if anything inclined to be warmer per*, haps than hygienists would approve. Stoves are priceless •luxuries, but they are not at all uncommon/* • .